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Every well-run company does a yearly inventory check. In this eight-part series, I will break down, position-by-position, where the Eagles stand, how long-term their current situation is and the likelihood of a draft pick being spent on that position. Next up: The Linebackers. The Starters: And we arrive at perhaps the single most interesting position […]

As I noted earlier this week, the Eagles defense didn’t play particularly well against the Raiders on Sunday. It didn’t matter because everyone was caught up in Nick Foles’ performance, but it’s not something that should be overlooked. In that game, they gave up 560 yards of offense. We know their secondary was going to […]

The performance by Nick Foles and the offense in the loss to the Cowboys was disappointing to say the least. The thing that may be the most disappointing is that they performed that way and the defense played very well. Dallas had the second highest scoring offense coming into Sunday and the Eagles defense only […]

After an interesting preseason, the Eagles first two games looked like a cake walk and then a tough match-up with a team that many believe will represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. The cake walk didn’t exactly go as planned but the tough game ended up as advertised. In two short weeks, we’ve learned […]

One of the biggest problems with last year’s “Dream Team” was the inconsistent play at the linebacker position. You can blame it on the personnel, the first year defensive coordinator, or the shortened Training Camp due to the lockout. At the end of the day, there was just no consistency at the position. Coming into […]

After we seemed to wait and wait for the Eagles to sign a free agent linebacker, the team decided to go another direction, acquiring DeMeco Ryans via trade. The Eagles gave up their fourth-round selection and swapped third-round selections with the Texans in order to pick up Ryans. Unlike last season, the draft would be […]